Tao Sun
About
Supervised by Prof. Vinayak Dravid and Dr. Jin Wang, my doctoral research at Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory was focused on fabrication and characterization of nanostructured oxides. In 2010, I started my postdoc research at the X-ray Science Division (XSD) at Argonne, working on coherent electron scattering (with Dr. Murray Gibson) and coherent x-ray scattering (with Dr. Jin Wang) techniques. In 2012, I joined the Imaging Group of XSD as a staff scientist, developing and applying high-speed x-ray imaging/diffraction techniques for studying highly dynamic irreversible/non-repeatable material processes. In 2019, I started my academic career as an associate professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of UVA.
Education
B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2002
M.S. Materials Science & Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2004
Ph.D. Materials Science & Engineering, Northwestern University, 2009
"If you look 'fast' enough, you will find many fascinating phenomena in 3D printing."
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UVA Research Team Detects Additive Manufacturing Defects in Real-Time
Read NowResearchers can now detect the formation of keyhole pores, one of the most challenging defects common in additive manufacturing, with incredible accuracy.